(9) Uneven-Aged Management

Uneven-aged management entails maintaining trees of different age classes in the same area. Successful uneven-aged management calls for more or less equal, periodic harvests. Under this practice, trees are removed on an individual basis to leave a desired number of trees in each size class so that a variety of goals can be met. Each harvest stimulates reproduction of new trees and enhances the growth and yield of older trees. Partial cuts are applied here every 10 years.


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